Bailey Middleton

Bailey Middleton
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Bailey is a second year student intending to major in Global Public Health and minor in Spanish on the pre-med track. She enjoys reading thrillers, practicing yoga outside, and going on long walks with her dog. Bailey loves to go to concerts and wander through art galleries with their friends. It’s a good day when she can start it off with a cup of earl gray tea. 

 

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After watching the Oscar-winning movie Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, I was intrigued by how the characters were able to jump through dimensions and experience different realities based on the choices they made.

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I want to get a workout in today. Should I go to the gym? No, that’s too scary. Actually, never mind, I'll go lift so I can feel strong and productive. Ok now that I’m here I’m really nervous. I kinda want to go home, but I'll just go inside anyway. I can do this! 

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Have you ever been lit on fire? I have. Seven times precisely. Some might call it bad luck, but being set alight didn’t hurt me, it made me feel alive.

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It fills my body 
Fills my body so full of light 
I am almost bursting at the seams with 
Joy so infectious I cannot avoid it if I wanted to

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Is “fast fashion” really that bad if it's affordable? 

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Red splashed against Presley's face, staining her clothes and caking in her hair. She grabbed her brush again and hurled the paint through the air with a guttural scream – the drops separating from the brush and splattering on the paper.

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 An Exploration of the True Intentions Behind UVA’s Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Every Sunday, as I sit at a desk in the library, or whatever other study space I have chosen for the day,